4 mins ago - A kidnapping, turned multi-county search and chase through Burleson and Brazos County ended with the driver's suicide and a girl jumping from a moving truck late Tuesday night.
Updated: 10:55 PM - A Hempstead resident created a huge billboard to try and get the attention of local leaders to stop a landfill from being built in their backyard.
Updated: 6:41 PM - He's an accused high-risk sex offender who's been on the run -- that is until now. A full-scale undercover sting operation brought a wanted man in, and it was all caught on camera. The dramatic takedown at a gas station near Caldwell was part of a long-running DPS effort.
Updated: 6:43 PM - Hundreds of local kids and more than 50 volunteers from across the country are growing in their Christian faith in Madisonville this week.
Updated: 6:42 PM - Fire investigators from across the Brazos Valley have come together to form an Arson Task Force.
Updated: 10:54 PM - It's been nearly three weeks, but Madisonville Police have arrested the 11th suspect wanted in connection to a case involving a teen who was claims she was gang-raped by 11 men and women in late March.
Updated: 10:56 PM - One of America's toy institutions is now a part of the Fightin' Texas Aggie Yell Leaders.
Updated: 10:53 PM - Back in 1931, The Buffalo Press warmed up its printers for the first issue. Every week 2,000 copies of the newspaper roll off the press and into the Leon County community.
Updated: 10:54 PM - No college football entities are hotter than the Alabama Crimson Tide, the defending national champions, and the Aggies of Texas A&M, led by Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Johnny Manziel.
Posted: 10:55 AM - A UPS trailer rolled over near the intersection of Texas Avenue and University Drive around 10 a.m Tuesday morning.
Posted: 11:08 AM - A trial is underway for a New Mexico man accused in a kidnapping that was thwarted by a witness who chased the child snatcher's van down and rescued the 6-year-old girl.
Posted: 3:20 PM - Jury selection will start July 9 in the murder trial of the Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage.
Posted: 10:59 AM - The D.C. police department arranged to use satellite communications and video equipment from the U.S. Navy as it prepared for a large 2002 demonstration.
Updated: 5:09 PM - The director of the National Security Agency said Tuesday the government's sweeping surveillance programs have foiled some 50 terrorist plots worldwide, including one directed at the New York Stock Exchange, in a forceful defense of spy operations that was echoed by the leaders of the House Intelligence Committee.
Posted: 10:39 AM - More areas that flooded in a South Texas border county have reopened after weekend storms dumped 17 inches of rain on Eagle Pass.
Posted: 9:54 AM - World leaders at the G-8 summit have declared that governments must work together to close loopholes that allow multinational companies to avoid paying taxes in their home countries.
Posted: 06/17/2013 - Women may be able to start training as Army Rangers by mid-2015 and as Navy SEALs a year later under plans set to be announced by the Pentagon.
Posted: 06/17/2013 - A Minnesota native is among NASA's new class of eight astronauts.
Updated: 8:47 AM - An explosion at a gas line or gas plant about 80 miles north of New Orleans knocked out power to about 10,000 customers on Tuesday, according to local reports.
Posted: 06/17/2013 - The Supreme Court says states cannot require would-be voters to prove they are U.S. citizens before using a federal registration system designed to make signing up easier.
Posted: 3:20 PM - Jury selection will start July 9 in the murder trial of the Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage.
Posted: 3:14 PM - A Houston man is accused of threatening to kidnap, murder and burn U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and his father and also to "blow up" the sun if he wasn't paid $3 million.
Posted: 12:53 PM - A 15-year-old boy recovering after a shark bit two of his limbs at a Southeast Texas beach has been upgraded to good condition.
Posted: 12:42 PM - Texas counties needing financial help controlling feral hogs are being encouraged to pair up and apply for $30,000 in grants.
Posted: 10:46 AM - Police in North Texas have identified two men fatally shot following a weekend altercation between groups of people in separate cars.
Posted: 10:22 AM - Investigators say a lifeguard at a Houston-area pool has drowned while swimming laps.
Posted: 9:50 AM - Houston police have arrested a suspected drunken driver after his SUV allegedly ran a red light, hit an ambulance and knocked the emergency vehicle on its side.
Posted: 9:41 AM - Some hikers in a wooded area near a Houston park have found a body rolled in a carpet bound with tape.
Updated: 9:04 AM - Houston police have arrested a suspected drunken driver after his SUV allegedly ran a red light, hit an ambulance and knocked the emergency vehicle on its side.
Posted: 06/17/2013 - A Minnesota native is among NASA's new class of eight astronauts.
